On 28-Feb-2008, Robert Allison wrote:

Regular old floresent tubes have a lot more mercury in them then the
little twisty ones, and the same rules apply. There is nothing new
about this issue.

Hey, I have broken many of the old tubes (alot of them on purpose
just to see them pop). I always just cleaned them up, or I broke
them in a dumpster. How long do I have to live?

A LOT longer than the bedwetters running out to get overpriced red Chinese
"compact florescents" and going blind trying to read with them.

Scratch that, bedwetters don't read.